The 2013 Big East Football Schedules were officially announced today. Conference play begins on Saturday, Sept. 7 when Houston visits Temple.

For the 2013 season, the Big East welcomes new members Houston, Memphis, SMU, and UCF. Pittsburgh and Syracuse are leaving the conference in 2013 to join the ACC.

Featured 2013 non-conference match-ups for the Big East include Purdue at Cincinnati, Michigan at Connecticut, BYU at Houston, Louisville at Kentucky, Duke at Memphis, Arkansas at Rutgers, SMU at Texas A&M, Temple at Notre Dame, and Miami (FL) at USF.

Saturday, Sept. 7 UCF at Florida International Cincinnati at Illinois Houston at Temple Eastern Kentucky at Louisville Duke at Memphis Norfolk State at Rutgers Montana State at SMU USF at Michigan State

Saturday, Sept. 14 UCF at Penn State Northwestern State at Cincinnati Maryland at Connecticut Louisville at Kentucky Memphis at Middle Tennessee Eastern Michigan at Rutgers Florida Atlantic at USF Fordham at Temple

Saturday, Sept. 21 Cincinnati at Miami (OH) Michigan at Connecticut Houston at Rice Florida International at Louisville Arkansas State at Memphis Arkansas at Rutgers SMU at Texas A&M

Saturday, Sept. 28 South Carolina at UCF Connecticut at Buffalo Houston at UTSA SMU at TCU Miami (FL) at USF Temple at Idaho